What if the most prosperous Black community in America was wiped out overnight—and no one was held accountable?

Before the 1929 stock market crash, Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, faced a far more devastating collapse—one fueled by white supremacy and a lie.

In the Greenwood District, Black families had built something extraordinary. Businesses thrived. Land was owned. Wealth was being passed down. It was a beacon of Black prosperity during the height of segregation.

On May 31, 1921, everything changed.

A young Black man was falsely accused of assaulting a white woman in an elevator. Though no charges were filed, white mobs gathered outside the courthouse. Black residents, aware of the growing threat, came to protect him.
Tensions escalated. Shots were fired.

That night, white mobs looted homes and burned businesses.

By morning, Black generational wealth was up in smoke.

Over 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. Families who had built legacies were left with nothing. What happened in Tulsa wasn’t a riot—it was the beginning of a massacre that history tried to forget.

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